Meanwhile, “yaama” means “hello” in the Gamilaraay language spoken in northern NSW.
When meeting someone in the evening. In Brisbane the term "Good night" is often used instead of the the term "Good evening". In other places, particularly the UK where I originated "Good night" is solely used when leaving someone at night, rather than a greeting when meeting.
(Australia, slang) A baby.
Bub is a term of endearment for your significant other or someone you like. When someone you're dating calls you “bub,” they're using it as a cute pet name instead of calling you your real name. If you hear the term “bub” or see it texted to you, take it as a good sign!
It is polite to say goodbye when leaving. Our word for goodbye is 'bobo' (pronounced bor bor).
8. Hooroo = Goodbye. The Australian slang for goodbye is Hooroo and sometimes they even Cheerio like British people.
Welcome to this episode of Aussie English. Today's obviously an expression episode, and the expression that I want to teach you guys today is, “To hit the sack”, “To hit the sack” or “To hit the hay”, “To hit the hay”. And both of these expressions just mean to go to bed, to go to sleep.
Pap(a) is also found as 'mother', mainly in Victoria. Other kinship roots (for grandparents) have been shown to have a split distribution with one root dominating in the east and one in the west for what is apparently a single proto-meaning.
Wanbi Craigmore Aboriginal – wild dog Koamu tribe of South Central Queensland. Womma Road Davoren park From the Kaurna language, Wama, meaning plain.
kesalul - I love you.
Some of the most well known Aboriginal words for hello are: Kaya, which means hello in the Noongar language. Palya is a Pintupi language word used as a greeting much in the same way that two friends would say hello in English while Yaama is a Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW.
A survey of newspapers in July 2007 found that the most common Aboriginal word is 'kangaroo', followed by 'wallaby' (which might be influenced by the rugby team of the same name), 'waratah' (also a rugby team), 'koala', 'billabong', 'kookaburra', 'dingo' and 'wombat'.
What does it mean when a girl says “night night” to you if you're a guy? It's one of the sweetest ways a girl expresses her love, in a lovey cutsie way. It's saying Goodnight in a softer manner that sends warmth and love, like a gentle kiss as you drift off to sleep.
“My research shows the British and Irish working-class introduced most of the swearing we have in Australia,” Krafzik says. “It was cemented in those early colonial days.” The British officer class tended to rotate in and out of the colonies. The working-class settlers – and convicts – stayed.
Too easy means something along the lines of that is easy to do and no problem (also known as no wakkas!). Example: After ordering a coffee, the waiter tells you that it is “too easy”. This means it is dead or it has broken. It is most often used to refer to inanimate objects such as lawn mowers or vehicles.
/ (ˈmʌŋɡə) / noun. NZ informal an army canteen.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
Been keeping a list on my phone, thought you all might enjoy. sunnies (sunglasses), jocks (underpants), bush wee (pee on the grass), cheeky (troublemaker), kindy (kindergarten), holiday (vacation), caravan (RV), mate (buddy), scrub (forest?), dobber/dobbing (tattler/tattling), ya grub!